Autumn Harvest: Wood & Watercolor

I love this card that was created by Michelle Hoover, one of my Too Cool Demo Team members, so I had to share!     I love the watercolor look she achieved with the Autumn Harvest stamp set!  So beautiful!  My favorite part is that she stamped and watercolored on a rarely-used and almost-forgotten stamping …

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Poppin’ Pastels Christmas Collage Card

I recently purchased a brand new Stampin' Pastels set with all the colors from the new Collections!  My pastels set was from my original Starter Kit, purchased in 2003, and it included very old, retired favorites such as Mint Melody, Forest Foliage, and Mauve Mist.  Trendy. Finally, I can be color-coordinated again!  Ahhh!  All those …

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Maggie’s Owl Birthday Party Card

A couple weeks ago, I had lots of fun with the Owl Punch when I created an awesome pop-up card for my niece, Maggie, who was turning 8.  She loves owls, and even has an Owl Punch of her own!  I found a fanastic design on DarleneDesign.com of the cutest owl birthday party and I …

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Elegant Soireé Aviary Card

   Well, what can I say…I'm in a CASEing mood lately.  But, once again, I loved this card that I saw on Becky Roberts' Inking Idaho blog, and I just HAD to make one like it! The birds and cages in the Aviary set are simply so fun to play with…mixing and matching colors!  EEeeee!  …

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French Foliage Flap Card & Crazy Clearance Sale!

  Here are a couple of lovely little cards with unique double-flap openings that I CASEd from Chiaki Haverstick's StampingPro blog.  The design of the card is interesting-to-open, yet simple-to-create, making it a fun workshop card.  Plus, it gave me another excuse to use the French Foliage set! I used Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Early …

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Chic Boutique Aviary CASE

When I don't feel particularly creative, which seems to be way more than I would like, I can usually get myself motivated by CASEing someone else's beautiful project.  Sometimes, as I begin working on the project, I'll become inspired and add my own touches as I go along.  Other times, I simply adore the original …

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